[outages] LAX routing anomaly: NetworkLayer? CoreSite? Hong Kong ISPs?

Jeremy Chadwick jdc at koitsu.org
Mon Sep 30 13:33:43 EDT 2013


Follow-up:

I got lots of off-list responses about this, all of which were very
informative.  Thanks everyone.

Wanted to report that after CoreSite did some maintenance this morning,
things are back in order:

src IP: 208.79.90.130
dst IP: 67.18.187.25

=== Mon Sep 30 02:56:00 PDT 2013  (1380534960)
Start: Mon Sep 30 02:56:00 2013
HOST: omake.koitsu.org            Loss%   Snt   Rcv  Last   Avg  Best  Wrst
  1.|-- 208.79.90.129              0.0%    40    40   0.9   5.6   0.8 128.4
  2.|-- 208.79.88.135              0.0%    40    40   7.9   1.0   0.5   9.7
  3.|-- 129.250.198.185            0.0%    40    40   0.7   0.8   0.7   1.2
  4.|-- 129.250.5.69               0.0%    40    40   0.5   3.9   0.5  28.7
  5.|-- 129.250.6.11               0.0%    40    40  10.3  13.1   9.6  35.4
  6.|-- 129.250.5.53               0.0%    40    40  11.1  10.7  10.1  11.6
  7.|-- 128.241.219.234            0.0%    40    40 162.8 165.4 161.7 206.4
  8.|-- 173.192.18.151             0.0%    40    40 172.3 172.0 171.3 174.8
  9.|-- 173.192.18.166            10.0%    40    36 156.7 156.6 155.6 160.6
 10.|-- 173.192.18.140            10.0%    40    36 199.4 201.2 198.4 246.2
 11.|-- 173.192.18.225             0.0%    40    40 184.1 185.5 182.9 222.8
 12.|-- 70.87.255.66               0.0%    40    40 192.2 192.5 191.7 203.6
 13.|-- 70.87.254.74               0.0%    40    40 193.0 194.8 192.0 229.3
 14.|-- 67.18.7.90                 2.5%    40    39 197.8 197.5 196.8 198.6
 15.|-- 67.18.187.25               2.5%    40    39 200.5 201.4 200.5 204.1
=== END

=== Mon Sep 30 02:57:00 PDT 2013  (1380535020)
Start: Mon Sep 30 02:57:00 2013
HOST: omake.koitsu.org            Loss%   Snt   Rcv  Last   Avg  Best  Wrst
  1.|-- 208.79.90.129              0.0%    40    40  25.9  42.7   0.9 412.7
  2.|-- 208.79.88.135              0.0%    40    40   0.5  77.9   0.4 163.2
  3.|-- 129.250.198.185            5.0%    40    38  63.0  98.5   0.7 215.0
  4.|-- 129.250.5.69               0.0%    40    40  29.1  95.9   0.6 261.0
  5.|-- 129.250.6.11               0.0%    40    40  31.4 100.9   9.6 184.4
  6.|-- 129.250.5.53               0.0%    40    40  28.5 100.0  10.1 224.1
  7.|-- 128.241.219.234            0.0%    40    40  28.5 170.4  28.5 192.8
  8.|-- 173.192.18.151             0.0%    40    40  31.5 175.6  31.4 198.7
  9.|-- 173.192.18.166             2.5%    40    39  31.4 170.4  31.4 218.0
 10.|-- 173.192.18.140             2.5%    40    39  31.4 188.5  31.4 244.7
 11.|-- 173.192.18.225             0.0%    40    40  31.4 180.8  31.4 193.2
 12.|-- 70.87.255.66               0.0%    40    40  31.4 184.5  31.4 193.1
 13.|-- 70.87.254.74               0.0%    40    40  31.5 184.9  31.4 198.7
 14.|-- 67.18.7.90                 0.0%    40    40  31.4 187.0  31.4 199.0
 15.|-- 67.18.187.25               0.0%    40    40  31.4 188.6  31.4 202.3
=== END

=== Mon Sep 30 02:58:00 PDT 2013  (1380535080)
Start: Mon Sep 30 02:58:00 2013
HOST: omake.koitsu.org            Loss%   Snt   Rcv  Last   Avg  Best  Wrst
  1.|-- 208.79.90.129              0.0%    40    40   9.3  16.4   0.9 177.8
  2.|-- 206.223.143.131            0.0%    40    40   0.5   0.9   0.5  10.9
  3.|-- 173.192.18.140            12.5%    40    35  28.1  28.6  28.1  34.2
  4.|-- 173.192.18.225             0.0%    40    40  29.0  29.0  28.7  29.8
  5.|-- 70.87.255.66               0.0%    40    40  31.5  31.5  31.3  32.2
  6.|-- 70.87.254.74               0.0%    40    40  28.6  34.6  28.5 110.6
  7.|-- 67.18.7.90                 0.0%    40    40  28.6  28.6  28.4  29.0
  8.|-- 67.18.187.25               0.0%    40    40  31.4  31.5  31.4  32.2
=== END

And the return path:

src IP: 67.18.187.25
dst IP: 208.79.90.130

traceroute to omake.koitsu.org (208.79.90.130), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  router2-dal.linode.com (67.18.7.162)  0.455 ms  0.601 ms  0.788 ms
 2  xe-2-0-0.car04.dllstx2.networklayer.com (67.18.7.93)  0.293 ms  0.313 ms  0.317 ms
 3  po102.dsr01.dllstx2.networklayer.com (70.87.254.81)  0.562 ms  0.686 ms  0.760 ms
 4  po21.dsr01.dllstx3.networklayer.com (70.87.255.65)  0.654 ms  0.731 ms  0.873 ms
 5  ae16.bbr02.eq01.dal03.networklayer.com (173.192.18.228)  0.334 ms  0.334 ms  0.347 ms
 6  ae7.bbr01.eq01.dal03.networklayer.com (173.192.18.208)  0.486 ms  0.578 ms  0.481 ms
 7  ae0.bbr01.cs01.lax01.networklayer.com (173.192.18.141)  33.662 ms  33.719 ms  33.698 ms
 8  any2-ix.la.arpnetworks.com (206.223.143.166)  34.656 ms  34.998 ms  35.247 ms
 9  omake.koitsu.org (208.79.90.130)  31.298 ms  31.299 ms  31.285 ms

-- 
| Jeremy Chadwick                                   jdc at koitsu.org |
| UNIX Systems Administrator                http://jdc.koitsu.org/ |
| Making life hard for others since 1977.             PGP 4BD6C0CB |

On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 07:31:21PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> I just came across this on NANOG while troubleshooting something:
> 
> http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2013-September/061332.html
> 
> If the issue described there is what I'm seeing, then it looks like
> some part of the 'net in the LA area is very very broken -- and worse,
> *has* been broken since roughly Sep 27 21:16:00 PDT (UTC-7).
> 
> What I saw (and am still seeing):
> 
> src IP: 208.79.90.130 (Southern CA, AS 25795 (I think))
> dst IP: 67.18.187.25  (Texas, AS 21844 (I think))
> 
> === Fri Sep 27 21:14:00 PDT 2013  (1380341640)
> Start: Fri Sep 27 21:14:00 2013
> HOST: omake.koitsu.org            Loss%   Snt   Rcv  Last   Avg  Best  Wrst
>   1.|-- 208.79.90.129              0.0%    40    40   3.7  11.0   0.9 202.9
>   2.|-- 206.223.143.131            0.0%    40    40   0.6   0.8   0.5   8.5
>   3.|-- 173.192.18.140             2.5%    40    39  28.4  30.1  28.2  86.8
>   4.|-- 173.192.18.225             0.0%    40    40  29.0  29.2  28.7  40.9
>   5.|-- 70.87.255.66               0.0%    40    40  31.6  31.5  31.3  31.9
>   6.|-- 70.87.254.74               0.0%    40    40  29.0  31.5  28.6  60.3
>   7.|-- 67.18.7.90                 0.0%    40    40  28.7  28.6  28.4  29.0
>   8.|-- 67.18.187.25               0.0%    40    40  31.9  31.5  31.3  31.9
> === END
> 
> === Fri Sep 27 21:15:00 PDT 2013  (1380341700)
> Start: Fri Sep 27 21:15:00 2013
> HOST: omake.koitsu.org            Loss%   Snt   Rcv  Last   Avg  Best  Wrst
>   1.|-- 208.79.90.129              0.0%    40    40   2.2  51.1   0.9 245.7
>   2.|-- 206.223.143.131            2.5%    40    39   0.9  12.3   0.5 183.2
>   3.|-- 173.192.18.140             5.0%    40    38   0.8  29.4   0.7 284.1
>   4.|-- 173.192.18.225             0.0%    40    40   0.8  17.1   0.5 177.8
>   5.|-- 70.87.255.66              30.0%    40    28  11.2  39.1   3.4 199.4
>   6.|-- 70.87.254.74               0.0%    40    40  11.0  21.1   0.5 121.5
>   7.|-- 67.18.7.90                 0.0%    40    40 163.8 122.6   4.6 347.0
>   8.|-- 67.18.187.25              22.5%    40    31 171.6  81.4   0.5 173.8
> === END
> 
> === Fri Sep 27 21:16:00 PDT 2013  (1380341760)
> Start: Fri Sep 27 21:16:00 2013
> HOST: omake.koitsu.org            Loss%   Snt   Rcv  Last   Avg  Best  Wrst
>   1.|-- 208.79.90.129              0.0%    40    40   2.9   7.4   0.9  95.8
>   2.|-- 208.79.88.135              0.0%    40    40   0.6  15.8   0.4 182.3
>   3.|-- 129.250.198.185            0.0%    40    40   0.7   0.8   0.7   1.2
>   4.|-- 129.250.5.69               0.0%    40    40   0.7   5.1   0.6  34.1
>   5.|-- 129.250.6.11              45.0%    40    22  17.8  14.6   9.6  47.1
>   6.|-- 129.250.5.53               0.0%    40    40  11.6  10.8  10.0  12.2
>   7.|-- 128.241.219.234            0.0%    40    40 162.7 163.1 161.7 178.3
>   8.|-- 173.192.18.151             2.5%    40    39 172.3 172.3 171.2 176.3
>   9.|-- 173.192.18.166            12.5%    40    35 157.2 156.3 155.6 157.9
>  10.|-- 173.192.18.140             7.5%    40    37 198.5 201.1 198.4 234.7
>  11.|-- 173.192.18.225             0.0%    40    40 183.0 190.1 182.9 355.2
>  12.|-- 70.87.255.66               0.0%    40    40 183.0 183.8 183.0 185.9
>  13.|-- 70.87.254.74               0.0%    40    40 193.6 195.8 192.0 284.1
>  14.|-- 67.18.7.90                 2.5%    40    39 197.0 197.4 196.9 198.8
>  15.|-- 67.18.187.25               2.5%    40    39 192.8 192.8 192.2 194.0
> === END
> 
> FYI: 206.223.143.131 resolves to te2-6.bbr01.cs01.lax01.networklayer.com.any2ix.coresite.com.
> 
> ARIN states 206.223.143.0/24 is CoreSite.
> 
> The packet path for the above is:
> 
> LAX (ARP Networks)
>  -> SFO (NTT/Verio)
>     -> San Jose (NTT/Verio)
>        -> LAX (NetworkLayer)
>           -> Dallas (NetworkLayer and Linode)
>              -> 67.18.187.25
> 
> And now for the amusing part -- the return path:
> 
> src IP: 67.18.187.25  (Texas, AS 21844 (I think))
> dst IP: 208.79.90.130 (Southern CA, AS 25795 (I think))
> 
> traceroute to omake.koitsu.org (208.79.90.130), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
>  1  router2-dal.linode.com (67.18.7.162)  0.604 ms  0.812 ms  0.815 ms
>  2  xe-2-0-0.car04.dllstx2.networklayer.com (67.18.7.93)  0.415 ms  0.428 ms  0.426 ms
>  3  po102.dsr01.dllstx2.networklayer.com (70.87.254.81)  0.756 ms  0.764 ms  0.963 ms
>  4  po21.dsr01.dllstx3.networklayer.com (70.87.255.65)  0.702 ms  0.759 ms  1.103 ms
>  5  ae16.bbr02.eq01.dal03.networklayer.com (173.192.18.228)  0.438 ms  0.446 ms  0.441 ms
>  6  ae7.bbr01.eq01.dal03.networklayer.com (173.192.18.208)  1.271 ms  0.709 ms  0.612 ms
>  7  ae0.bbr01.cs01.lax01.networklayer.com (173.192.18.141)  28.374 ms  28.431 ms  28.411 ms
>  8  ae7.bbr02.cs01.lax01.networklayer.com (173.192.18.167)  28.773 ms  28.747 ms  28.727 ms
>  9  * * *
> 10  ae0.bbr01.eq01.tok01.networklayer.com (50.97.18.161)  137.992 ms  138.001 ms  137.967 ms
> 11  ae7.bbr02.eq01.tok01.networklayer.com (50.97.18.163)  138.084 ms  138.068 ms  138.064 ms
> 12  ae0.bbr01.pn01.hkg01.networklayer.com (50.97.18.167)  181.952 ms  182.026 ms  181.990 ms
> 13  hutchcity21-10G.hkix.net (202.40.160.193)  180.121 ms  179.677 ms  179.631 ms
> 14  218.189.5.51 (218.189.5.51)  179.553 ms  179.521 ms  179.505 ms
> 15  d1-34-224-143-118-on-nets.com (118.143.224.34)  186.883 ms  186.829 ms  186.807 ms
> 16  * * *
> 17  omake.koitsu.org (208.79.90.130)  192.086 ms  192.973 ms  192.095 ms
> 
> The packet path for the above is:
> 
> Dallas (Linode then NetworkLayer)
>  -> LAX (NetworkLayer)
>     -> Tokyo (NetworkLayer)
>        -> Hong Kong (NetworkLayer then via HKIX)
>              -> Hong Kong (Hutchison Global Communications) (AS 9304)
>                 -> ?
>                    -> 208.79.90.130
> 
> Reminder: 208.79.90.130 is not physically in Hong Kong.
> 
> I haven't spent the time to look at bgplay.routeviews.org yet, but I'm
> not sure it'll necessarily have insights into any of this.
> 
> I have reached out to ARP Networks to have them check things, but this
> is an interesting situation I thought I'd mention as folks more familiar
> with BGP than myself could probably assist with.
> 
> I can only speculate at this point, but I wonder if AS 9304 may have
> announced some kind of preferencing that certain things have picked up
> (but never withdrew/changed?).  There are lots of explanations though,
> so that's purely hearsay on my part.
> 
> -- 
> | Jeremy Chadwick                                   jdc at koitsu.org |
> | UNIX Systems Administrator                http://jdc.koitsu.org/ |
> | Making life hard for others since 1977.             PGP 4BD6C0CB |
> 
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